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Through the Night: Emerson Quartet

01/04/2015

Emerson Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Emerson Quartet

With Jonathan Swain. Includes the Emerson Quartet in Mendelssohn, Schubert and Beethoven.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes the Emerson Quartet performing music by Mendelssohn, Schubert and Beethoven.

Emerson Quartet performs Mendelssohn, Schubert and Beethoven. With Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Quartet no. 6 in F minor Op.80 for strings 
Emerson Quartet 

12:58 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Quartet No.14 in D minor 'Death and the Maiden' (D.810) 
Emerson Quartet 

1:38 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Quartet for strings in F major 'Rasumovsky' (Op.59 No.1) 
Emerson Quartet 

2:17 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Poco adagio, Movt no. 3, from 'String Quartet in G minor, op. 20/3, Hob. III:33 
Emerson String Quartet 

2:25 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibit (D.478) from Three Songs of the Harpist (Op.12) No.1) (He who commits himself to loneliness) 
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

2:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
From 4 Psalms for baritone and mixed voices (Op.74) 
Norwegian Soloists' Choir (Choir), Grete Helgerod (Conductor) 

2:45 AM
Jarnefelt, Armas (1869-1958)
Korsholma - Symphonic Poem
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Soderblom (Conductor)

3:02 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata No.20 in A major (D.959) 
Annie Fischer (piano) 

3:35 AM
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72 no.2 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (Conductor) 

3:42 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Pour le piano 
Charles Richard-Hamelin (Piano) 

3:55 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Feux d'artifice 
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor)

3:59 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Overture in D major 
Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (Conductor)

4:06 AM
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Gorzkie zale - Planctus de Passione for 2 sopranos, strings and continuo
Anna Mikolajczyk (Soprano), Olga Pasiecznik (Soprano), Concerto Polacco Baroque Orchestra, Arek Golinski (Violin), Dymitr Olszewski (Violin), Teresa Kaminska (Cello), Marek Toporowski (Organ), Marek Toporowski (Director)

4:13 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Abegg variations Op.1 for piano 
Annika Treutler (Piano) 

4:21 AM
Albicastro, Henricus (fl.1700-06)
Concerto a 4 (Op.7 No.2)
Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (Violin), Chiara Banchini (Director)

4:31 AM
Kunzen, Friedrich (1761-1817)
Overture to the play 'Husitterne' (The Hussites)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (Conductor)

4:38 AM
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
4 Romantic pieces Op.75 for violin and piano 
Elena Urioste (Violin), Zhang Zuo (Piano) 

4:52 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in D major 
Friedemann Immer (Trumpet), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (Director)

5:00 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
7 chansons, for mixed choir a cappella (1936) 
Swedish Radio Choir (Choir), Par Fridberg (Conductor) 

5:13 AM
Scott, Cyril (1879-1970)
Lotus Land (Op.47 No.1) 
Cristina Ortiz (Piano) 

5:18 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Waltz No.11 in B minor & Waltz No.12 in E major (arranged for chamber orchestra) - from the Waltzes for two pianos (Op.39) 
Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (Conductor)

5:22 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.34 in C major (K.338) 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert King (Conductor) 

5:49 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto in A minor, (BWV.1041) 
Midori Seiler (Violin), Akademie fur Alte Musik 

6:03 AM
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921)
Sonata for oboe and piano (Op.166) in D major 
Roger Cole (Oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (Piano)

6:15 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Tragic overture (Op.81) 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Conductor).

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